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This Year — recapping the best podcasts.: #18: Idle Thumbs

this year.

Recapping the best podcasts.

Monday, October 31, 201 1

#18: Idle Thumbs
this year.

Idle Thumbs.

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Idle Thumbs casts its pod into your face with hilarious talk about video gaming. Of
Idle Thumbs, IGN.com purportedly noted "it's so good it'll rupture your ear drums
and blow you into the ionosphere." Riffing on both the legitimate and ridiculous
sides of the video game industry, Chris Remo, Nick Breckon, and Jake Rodkin
provided commentary that, if not wonderfully bizarre, was always intelligent.

Remo, Breckon, and Rodkin muse about console exclusivity, malevolent miners on
Mars, and the Citizen Kane of video games. What is Gordon Freeman really like?
What would a Shadow of the Colossus movie be like? Video games come alive,
computers make horrific noises, fanboys whine and wizards of various qualities
enter our realm. And there is no greater joy in our world than rolling a grenade
down a hill in Far Cry 2.

Find old episodes of Idle Thumbs at the show's official
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2006; 2007; 2008

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Games

0:1 8:30 - Call of Juarez
0:34:00 - MMO experiences
0:54:00 - LittleBigPlanet
1 :06:00 - Flower
1:27:30- Crysis Warhead
1:34:00 - Total War series
1 :46:30 - Red Faction Guerilla

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3:30:00 - Killzone 2 is a perfect video game
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Idle Thumbs

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4:32:30 - The character of Gordon Freeman

4:41:30 - Game developers don't play video games

4:50:30 - Cutscenes in Metal Gear Solid

4:59:30 - A dream about J Allard

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5:1 7:30 - The end of Idle Thumbs

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Notes

The Idle Thumbs show was a production of Idle Thumbs. All clips in this episode
are the property of that party. The percentage of the original show in this episode
is 7% (5hrs 56min/81 hrs OOmin). You can access the timestamp notes here.

On the Media

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Radio Show

Q1 2006

Songs

Waitomo - Calexico

Space Asshole (Live at PAX 201 0) - Chris Remo

The Fanboy's Lament - Chris Remo

A Letter to Edge - Chris Remo

Sincerely, These Nuts - Chris Remo

The Ballad of John Riccitiello - Chris Remo

The Wizard - Chris Remo

Space Asshole - Chris Remo

Chris Remo

Chris Remo started in the industry as a writer, founding Idle Thumbs in 2004 and
working for Adventure Gamers. Fie wrote professionally for Shacknews where he
eventually became Editor-in-Chief, before moving on to Gamasutra. Remo was
hired by Irrational Games in 201 0, serving as a community manager.

Nick Breckon

Nick Breckon is a community manager for Bethesda Softworks. Fie previously
wrote for Shacknews. FH is shift to development in late 2009 led to the dissolution of
the Idle Thumbs podcast.

Jake Rodkin

After doing some writing across a number of online publications, Jake Rodkin
joined Telltale Games. Fie served as a content designer and a community manager.

Planet Money

401 to 450; 451 to 500

Political Gabfest

2011; 201 2; 201 3

Retronauts

2007; 2008

Security Now

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The Skeptics' Guide
to the Universe

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201 2; 201 3

Studio 360

201 2; 201 3

This American Life

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51 to 75; 76 to 100;

101 to 125

Too Beautiful to Live

Q1 2008; Q2 2008;

Q3 2008; Q1 2011;

Q2 2011; Q3 2011;

Q4 2011

Uhh Yeah Dude

2006; 2007; 2008; 2012;
2013; 2014

Wait Wait... Don't
Tell Me!

2011

The Why Factor

2012

That aint no
caravella.... looks like a
creepo - Anonymous

Best

podcast. - Anonymous

My favorite show on the
site besides Daves of
Thun... - Anonymous

I always liked when
Shirley Phelps called in.

Fie a... - Anonymous

That should read "a
full Gabfest

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Witness

2013

Sampler

2011; 201 2; 201 3

TYTL

Steve Gaynor

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Chris Kohler

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12 comments:

Eric October 31, 2011 at 2:25 PM

Wow this is beyond amazing. I have many times thought to do something
like this for Idle Thumbs but this is waaaay better than anything I would've
come up with.

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AI_Ninio October 31, 201 1 at 6:04 PM
I miss you, Idle Thumbs.

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ajr82 October 31, 201 1 at 6:53 PM

Man, I was in the middle of doing the same thing! Guess you beat me to it :

(

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ace October 31, 201 1 at 8:54 PM
thank you for doing this!!!

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Anonymous November 1, 201 1 at 6:1 2 AM

video games

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Anonymous November 1, 201 1 at 7:26 AM
goldgame wizard horsebag baboo ... video games
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Anonymous November 1, 201 1 at 12:27 PM

I did one of these for Far Cry 2 discussion. It was eight hours when I gave
up..

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Jake November 2, 2011 at 12:55 AM

BioShock/BioShock 2/Double Fine designer JP Lebreton was also a guest on
one of the included episodes.

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Videogames November 2, 201 1 at 7:20 PM

VIDEO GA-AMES

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Anonymous November 4, 201 1 at 2:1 2 AM

Also, Sean Vanaman was the one telling that Far Cry 2 story at the end.
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This Year November 4, 201 1 at 4:44 PM

Thank you -- we had missed Vanaman before; his image will be added to
the post shortly.

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A wizard November 9, 201 1 at 1 1 :1 9 PM

Chris "Boost" Remo
"Fuck" Nick Breckon
Jake "Video Games" Rodkin

Steve "Hot Scoops" Gaynor
Sean "Famous" Vanaman

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